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50 players completed 100.0 percent of passes. The first three are Jim Tait, Robert Derrick and Lloyd Nix in 1956.

	NAME	PCT	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
1	Jim Tait J. Tait	100.0	1956	MSST	10	1	1	9	9.0	0.9	0	0	175.6	0.0	0.0
2	Robert Derrick R. Derrick	100.0	1956	OKLA	10	1	1	6	6.0	0.6	0	0	150.4	0.0	0.0
3	Lloyd Nix L. Nix	100.0	1956	AUB	10	1	1	16	16.0	1.6	0	0	234.4	0.0	0.0
4	Bo Roberson B. Roberson	100.0	1956	COR	9	1	1	16	16.0	1.8	0	0	234.4	0.0	0.0
5	Lou Rovero L. Rovero	100.0	1956	DART	9	1	1	41	41.0	4.6	0	0	444.4	0.0	0.0
6	Billy Russell B. Russell	100.0	1956		10	1	1	10	10.0	1.0	0	0	184.0	0.0	0.0
7	Bill Bailey B. Bailey	100.0	1956	DUKE	10	2	2	13	6.5	1.3	0	0	154.6	0.0	0.0
8	Bobby Renn B. Renn	100.0	1956	FSU	10	2	2	21	10.5	2.1	0	0	188.2	0.0	0.0
9	Dave Whitsell D. Whitsell	100.0	1956	IND	9	2	2	38	19.0	4.2	0	0	259.6	0.0	0.0
10	John Nocera J. Nocera	100.0	1956	IOWA	9	1	1	10	10.0	1.1	1			100.0
11	Claude Casey C. Casey	100.0	1956	MIA	10	1	1	8	8.0	0.8	0	0	167.2	0.0	0.0
12	Art Johnson A. Johnson	100.0	1956	MSU	9	1	1	16	16.0	1.8	0	0	234.4	0.0	0.0
13	Don Gilbert D. Gilbert	100.0	1956	MSU	9	1	1	39	39.0	4.3	1	0	757.6	100.0	0.0
14	Bob Soltis B. Soltis	100.0	1956	MINN	9	1	1	16	16.0	1.8	0	0	234.4	0.0	0.0
15	Dave Lindblom D. Lindblom	100.0	1956	MINN	9	1	1	5	5.0	0.6	0	0	142.0	0.0	0.0
16	Ed NeSmith E. NeSmith	100.0	1956	MSST	10	1	1	9	9.0	0.9	0	0	175.6	0.0	0.0
17	Gil Peterson G. Peterson	100.0	1956	MSST	10	2	2	37	18.5	3.7	1	0	420.4	50.0	0.0
18	Sonny Lee Stringer S. Lee Stringer	100.0	1956	MIZ	10	7	7	135	19.3	13.5		0			0.0
19	Don Williamson D. Williamson	100.0	1956	MONT	10	1	1	13	13.0	1.3	1	0	539.2	100.0	0.0
20	Dick Prusia D. Prusia	100.0	1956	NEB	10	1	1	11	11.0	1.1	0	0	192.4	0.0	0.0
21	George Marinkov G. Marinkov	100.0	1956	NCST	10	1	1	5	5.0	0.5	0	0	142.0	0.0	0.0
22	Jakie Sandefer J. Sandefer	100.0	1956	OKLA	10	1	1	5	5.0	0.5	0	0	142.0	0.0	0.0
23	Billy West B. West	100.0	1956	OKST	10	1	1	17	17.0	1.7	0	0	242.8	0.0	0.0
24	Jim Shanley J. Shanley	100.0	1956	ORE	10	1	1	38	38.0	3.8	0	0	419.2	0.0	0.0
25	Kenneth Mikes K. Mikes	100.0	1956	PUR	9	1	1	20	20.0	2.2	0	0	268.0	0.0	0.0

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Team Leaders

PASS

2,433

Shapen

RUSH

677

Bothwell

REC

1,054

Thompson

Team Rankings

PPG

30.5

48th

OPP PPG

29.2

107th

RUSH YDS/G

161.7

71st

PASS YDS/G

236.8

72nd

2025 SEC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
12	Florida	2-6	4-8
13	Auburn	1-7	5-7
14	Mississippi State	1-7	5-8
15	South Carolina	1-7	4-8
16	Arkansas	0-8	2-10

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	ULM	@	MSST	1:00 PM
Sat 9/12	MSST	@	MINN	1:00 PM
Sat 9/19	MSST	@	SCAR	1:00 PM
Sat 9/26	MIZZ	@	MSST	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	ALA	@	MSST	1:00 PM

Last Game

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1 - 0

Final

Mississippi State

0 - 1

Fri 2 Jan 2026

CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

3,937

Chambliss

Rush Yards Leaders

1,659

Cook

1,649

Hardy

1,567

Lacy

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

1,278

Bell

1,264

Young

Pass TD Leaders

41

Mendoza

34

Mensah

34

Mestemaker

Rush TD Leaders

25

Hawkins

24

Lacy

18

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Rec TD Leaders

15

Sarratt

14

Brown

13

Cooper

QB Rating Leaders

182.9

Mendoza

177.5

Sayin

170.4

Pavia

Sack Leaders

14.5

Bailey

14.5

Tucker

12.5

Smith

CFB 2025 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.1

42.0

41.6

41.3

40.5

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Opp PPG Rankings

9.3

11.7

11.8

13.3

14.8

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Total Yards Rankings

512.4

489.7

488.7

482.9

472.8

472.1

Rush Yards Rankings

285.6

266.3

261.4

254.9

246.7

241.5

Pass Yards Rankings

340.2

318.0

313.3

309.6

296.0

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Sack Leaders

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45.0

43.0

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CFB 2025 Standings

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	9	5	.643
2	Virginia	11	3	.786
3	Miami	13	2	.867
4	Pittsburgh	8	5	.615
5	SMU	9	4	.692
6	Georgia Tech	9	4	.692
7	California	7	6	.538
8	Clemson	7	6	.538
9	NC State	8	5	.615
10	Louisville	9	4	.692
11	Wake Forest	9	4	.692
12	Stanford	4	8	.333
13	Florida State	5	7	.417
14	North Carolina	4	8	.333
15	Virginia Tech	3	9	.250
16	Boston College	2	10	.167
17	Syracuse	3	9	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	12	2	.857
2	Alabama	11	4	.733
3	Ole Miss	13	2	.867
4	Texas A&M	11	2	.846
5	Texas	10	3	.769
6	Oklahoma	10	3	.769
7	Vanderbilt	10	3	.769
8	Missouri	8	5	.615
9	Tennessee	8	5	.615
10	LSU	7	6	.538
11	Kentucky	5	7	.417
12	Florida	4	8	.333
13	Auburn	5	7	.417
14	Mississippi State	5	8	.385
15	South Carolina	4	8	.333
16	Arkansas	2	10	.167

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	15	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	2	.857
3	Oregon	13	2	.867
4	Michigan	9	4	.692
5	USC	9	4	.692
6	Iowa	9	4	.692
7	Illinois	9	4	.692
8	Minnesota	8	5	.615
9	Washington	9	4	.692
10	Nebraska	7	6	.538
11	Northwestern	7	6	.538
12	Penn State	7	6	.538
13	UCLA	3	9	.250
14	Rutgers	5	7	.417
15	Wisconsin	4	8	.333
16	Maryland	4	8	.333
17	Michigan State	4	8	.333
18	Purdue	2	10	.167

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	10	4	.714
2	New Mexico	9	4	.692
3	San Diego State	9	4	.692
4	Boise State	9	5	.643
5	Fresno State	9	4	.692
6	Hawaii	9	4	.692
7	Utah State	6	7	.462
8	Air Force	4	8	.333
9	Wyoming	4	8	.333
10	Nevada	3	9	.250
11	San José State	3	9	.250
12	Colorado State	2	10	.167

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	12	2	.857
2	Tulane	11	3	.786
3	Navy	11	2	.846
4	South Florida	9	4	.692
5	East Carolina	9	4	.692
6	Memphis	8	5	.615
7	Army	7	6	.538
8	UTSA	7	6	.538
9	Temple	5	7	.417
10	Florida Atlantic	4	8	.333
11	Rice	5	8	.385
12	UAB	4	8	.333
13	Tulsa	4	8	.333
14	Charlotte	1	11	.083

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	4	.692

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	12	2	.857
2	BYU	12	2	.857
3	Utah	11	2	.846
4	Houston	10	3	.769
5	Arizona	9	4	.692
6	Arizona State	8	5	.615
7	Iowa State	8	4	.667
8	Kansas State	6	6	.500
9	TCU	9	4	.692
10	Cincinnati	7	6	.538
11	Baylor	5	7	.417
12	Kansas	5	7	.417
13	UCF	5	7	.417
14	West Virginia	4	8	.333
15	Colorado	3	9	.250
16	Oklahoma State	1	11	.083

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Washington State	7	6	.538
2	Oregon State	2	10	.167

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Western Michigan	10	4	.714
2	Miami (OH)	7	7	.500
3	Ohio	9	4	.692
4	Toledo	8	5	.615
5	Central Michigan	7	6	.538
6	Akron	5	7	.417
7	Buffalo	5	7	.417
8	Kent State	5	7	.417
9	Eastern Michigan	4	8	.333
10	Ball State	4	8	.333
11	Bowling Green	4	8	.333
12	Northern Illinois	3	9	.250
13	UMass	0	12	.000

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	JMU	12	2	.857
2	Troy	8	6	.571
3	Old Dominion	10	3	.769
4	Southern Miss	7	6	.538
5	Coastal Carolina	6	7	.462
6	Louisiana	6	7	.462
7	Georgia Southern	7	6	.538
8	Arkansas State	7	6	.538
9	Marshall	5	7	.417
10	Texas State	7	6	.538
11	Appalachian State	5	8	.385
12	South Alabama	4	8	.333
13	Georgia State	1	11	.083
14	Louisiana-Monroe	3	9	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Kennesaw State	10	4	.714
2	Jacksonville State	9	5	.643
3	Western Kentucky	9	4	.692
4	Louisiana Tech	8	5	.615
5	Missouri State	7	6	.538
6	FIU	7	6	.538
7	Delaware	7	6	.538
8	Liberty	4	8	.333
9	Middle Tennessee	3	9	.250
10	New Mexico State	4	8	.333
11	UTEP	2	10	.167
12	Sam Houston	2	10	.167